# Central Valley Project (CVP). Publisher: CapexCue Canonical dossier: Dossier reference: release 1 (79cda305-9d70-4ee9-9b83-91fcd8e6473f) Released project intelligence Oldest supporting observation: 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 Dossier released: 2026-10-16T14:16:42.229136+00:00 Source report dates and capture dates are listed per fact below; neither establishes an event date. ## Project summary The Central Valley Project (CVP) is described as a multipurpose water and power system in California. The page counts 20 dams and reservoirs, 11 powerplants, and 500 miles of major canals, and describes a reach of about 400 miles. Separately, it describes plans covering 35 counties over an area about 500 miles long and 60 to 100 miles wide; it does not reconcile those geographic descriptions. Auburn Dam is described as incomplete and in limbo, not a completed facility. The CVP shares conveyance and coordinated operations with the State Water Project, but is distinguished from it and from local water-rights infrastructure. The page describes reservoir storage and regulation, diversion and pumping, conveyance, and delivery; local districts distribute water from main canals to users. Reported annual figures include about 7 million acre-feet delivered and 5.6 billion kilowatt-hours generated; no measurement year is assigned to the water figures. Fish and wildlife purposes and allocations are reported, not measured ecological outcomes. ## Evidence limits and unknowns - The supplied page has no publication date; its historic milestones and undated operating descriptions do not establish present-day facility or operational status. - The source identifies a historical Shasta Dam construction contract awarded July 6, 1938, but does not establish current procurement or purchasing activity. No buying window is identified. - Related documents and facility pages are linked or named, but were not acquired or interpreted. Current purchasing availability: unknown. Source-dated plans do not establish current progress or available supplier packages. ## Project metadata Country: United States Region: North America Physical assets: Not classified Derived from the exact released evidence; unresolved fields remain unclassified. ## Project category Water and environment Derived from the reviewed scope statement; delivery stage remains unclassified. A multipurpose, interconnected system of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, canals, conduits, tunnels, and related facilities organized into interrelated divisions and units. The source counts 20 dams and reservoirs, 11 powerplants, and 500 miles of major canals, and describes a reach of about 400 miles. Separately, it says project plans encompassed 35 counties over an area about 500 miles long and 60 to 100 miles wide; these are distinct geographic descriptions that the page does not reconcile. Auburn Dam was intended to be the CVP's largest dam but is described as incomplete and in limbo, not as a completed facility. The CVP shares conveyance and coordinated operations with the State Water Project (SWP), but the source distinguishes the CVP from the SWP and from local water-rights infrastructure. Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 Project overview Oldest decisive evidence: 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 Newest evidence: 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 Knowledge reviewed: 2026-10-16T14:16:41.370340+00:00 Publication reviewed: 2026-10-16T14:16:41.370340+00:00 ## Name Central Valley Project (CVP). Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Scope A multipurpose, interconnected system of dams, reservoirs, powerplants, canals, conduits, tunnels, and related facilities organized into interrelated divisions and units. The source counts 20 dams and reservoirs, 11 powerplants, and 500 miles of major canals, and describes a reach of about 400 miles. Separately, it says project plans encompassed 35 counties over an area about 500 miles long and 60 to 100 miles wide; these are distinct geographic descriptions that the page does not reconcile. Auburn Dam was intended to be the CVP's largest dam but is described as incomplete and in limbo, not as a completed facility. The CVP shares conveyance and coordinated operations with the State Water Project (SWP), but the source distinguishes the CVP from the SWP and from local water-rights infrastructure. Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Ecology The source describes conserving fish and wildlife, providing water for the environment, and dedicating water to fish and wildlife and their habitat, as well as to state and federal wildlife refuges and wetlands. These are stated purposes and allocations, not evidence of measured ecological outcomes. Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Activity The page describes storage and regulation of water in reservoirs, diversion and pumping, conveyance through canals and tunnels, coordinated reservoir operations, and delivery under long-term contracts. It says distribution from main canals to individual users is the responsibility of local districts. It also reports historic construction milestones: initial units began with the Contra Costa Canal in October 1937; the canal was completed in 1948 and first delivered water in 1940; Shasta Dam work began in 1938 and was essentially complete in 1945, with storage beginning in January 1944 and first power delivered in June 1944. These historic milestones and undated operating descriptions do not establish the status of present works. Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Delivery The page reports annual delivery of about 7 million acre-feet for agricultural, urban, and wildlife use; about 5 million acre-feet for farms; and about 600,000 acre-feet for municipal and industrial use. It also reports annual electricity generation of 5.6 billion kilowatt-hours. The water figures are not assigned a measurement year on the page. Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Location California, in Reclamation's California-Great Basin Region. The source describes the system as extending from the Cascade Range toward the Kern River, and also gives a Cascade Mountains-to-Tehachapi Mountains description. Status: reported Attribution: US Bureau of Reclamation own-government project narrative Source: US Bureau of Reclamation screened government project narrative — https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506 | published unknown | observed 2026-10-02T19:26:46.932025+00:00 ## Cite this dossier CapexCue — Central Valley Project (CVP). — dossier released 2026-10-16T14:16:42.229136+00:00, release 1 (79cda305-9d70-4ee9-9b83-91fcd8e6473f) — https://capexcue.com/projects/central-valley-project-cvp-de2fea17bad08dd1/. For current information and later dossier updates, visit . This file records the release identified above; the current dossier may change.